Lexi is the Animal Protective League Dog of the Week.
Pet of the Week
2 months ago
Meet Lexi — APL Dog of the Week

Lexi is both sweet and playful!

Aretha is the Animal Protective League Cat of the Week.
Pet of the Week
2 months ago
Meet Aretha — APL Cat of the Week

Aretha is gentle and likes to unwind.

Cortnie Stewart, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 1997 car crash, looks up at her mother Judy Stegle at their home in Jonesboro, Illinois. A nearby nonprofit provided respite services to aid in her full-time care before closing as result of the budget impasse. (Julia Rendleman for CNI)
IL State News
2 months ago
10 years after state budget impasse, human services in Illinois again brace for ‘tsunami’

Nonprofits hurt by impasse boosted budgets with federal funding — now endangered by Trump.

IL State News
2 months ago
The grades are out on legislators and the environment

More than a third of state lawmakers scored 100 percent on IL Environmental Council scorecard.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a television interview at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
IL State News
2 months ago
DHS Secretary Noem confirms more ICE resources are heading to Chicago for immigration crackdown

“We’ve already had ongoing operations with ICE in Chicago… but we do intend to add more resources to those operations,” Noem said during an appearance CBS News’ ”Face the Nation.”

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a forum on climate change at the Aspen Ideas conference in Chicago on Monday, July 21, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
2 months ago
Pritzker to ‘Face the Nation’: Guard not wanted, Trump is an ‘authoritarian’

Pritzker: “It’s clear that, in secret, they’re planning…well, it’s an invasion, with U.S. troops.”

Local
2 months ago
American Airlines Adds New Flights at Capital Airport

This enhanced schedule provides passengers earlier access to Chicago O’Hare International Airport

This early photograph now digitized by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum depicts John Wilkes Booth and the devil.
History
2 months ago
Assassin, devil together in latest ALPLM upload

19th Century social media is part of “Picturing Lincoln.”

The Chicago city skyline is seen from Diversey Harbor, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
IL State News
2 months ago
Chicago mayor defies Trump’s immigration crackdown plan for the city

The mayor directed all city departments to guard the constitutional rights of Chicago residents “amidst the possibility of imminent militarized immigration or National Guard deployment by the federal government.”

Latonian Johnson faces charges of Murder and Attempted Murder.
Crime
2 months ago
Decatur man arrested after 10-day search following stabbing death

Man allegedly stabbed and killed one woman, stabbed and injured her two children.

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